Coralligenous Bioconstructions Quality Index (CBQI): a synthetic indicator to assess the status of different types of coralligenous habitats

Ferrigno, Federica; Russo, Gìovanni Fulvio; Sandulli, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.07.020

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“…slope 85–90°) can be considered as optimal to ensure the presence of coralligenous assemblages in most of the Mediterranean Sea, including southern areas in oligotrophic waters (Ferdeghini, Acunto, Cocito, & Cinelli, ; Gatti, Bianchi, Morri, et al, ; Piazzi, Gennaro, et al, ; Piazzi, La Manna, Cecchi, Serena, & Ceccherelli, ). Vertical rocky substrates at about 35 m depth can be easily found near the coast, which is in the zone most subjected to anthropogenic impacts (Ferrigno et al, ; Piazzi & Balata, ).…”

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“…Management plans should first distinguish the two major coralligenous habitats, namely the shallow and the deep reefs, within and deeper than about 40 m depth respectively (Cerrano et al, ), which should be considered separately in monitoring programmes (United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP], ). In fact, shallow and deep coralligenous habitats can show different structure of assemblages, and they are usually subject to different types of anthropogenic pressure (Ferrigno, Russo, & Sandulli, ), thus preventing the undifferentiated use of indicators for shallow coastal and deep shelf areas assemblages to measure anthropogenic impacts.…”

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STAR: An integrated and standardized procedure to evaluate the ecological status of coralligenous reefs

Piazzi

Gennaro

Montefalcone

et al. 2018

Aquatic Conservation

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1. Coralligenous reefs represent one of the most important coastal ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea, and their ecological quality must be assessed under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to evaluate seafloor integrity. An effective standardized monitoring protocol is urgently needed in order to compare data at the Mediterranean scale and to plan efficient management and intervention programmes.2. This paper aims to: (a) review methods used to study shallow coralligenous reefs to propose a method able to optimize sampling effort; (b) select the most effective ecological descriptors to evaluate the responses of coralligenous assemblages to anthropogenic stress; and (c) synthesize available information in an integrated and standardized procedure.3. Ninety-five scientific papers dealing with shallow coralligenous reefs were found.Among these, 52 papers reporting detailed descriptions about sampling methods were selected to identify methodologies and ecological descriptors suitable for monitoring purposes.4. Downstream of the bibliographic review, an integrated and standardized procedure, named STAR (STAndaRdized coralligenous evaluation procedure), was proposed to assess the ecological quality of coralligenous reefs.5. STAR was tested on coralligenous reefs at 12 sites, six of them subjected to high human pressure and six located in areas characterized by low human pressure.6. Significant differences between the two conditions were detected for all the ecological descriptors selected, thus confirming the effectiveness of STAR in the assessment of ecological quality of coralligenous reefs.

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STAR: An integrated and standardized procedure to evaluate the ecological status of coralligenous reefs

Piazzi

Gennaro

Montefalcone

et al. 2018

Aquatic Conservation

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“…Coralline red algae (Rhodophyta) are fundamental calcifying primary producers and important habitat-forming species present in most coastal ecosystems, such as coralligenous bioconstructions (Johansen, 1981;Ferrigno et al, 2017;Ingrosso et al, 2018). The species Corallina officinalis (Linnaeus 1758) is an erect calcifying alga with a wide distribution that dominates North Atlantic rocky shores and rock pools (Williamson et al, 2015).…”

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Physiological response of the coralline alga Corallina officinalis L. to both predicted long-term increases in temperature and short-term heatwave events

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Bouchet

Appolloni

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Marine Environmental Research

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“…As a consequence, conservation policy and management strategies for these habitats have been more and more implemented in the last decades (Cicin-Sain and Belfiore, Italian shores, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been instituted by the law 394/91 and, together with the Habitat Directive (92/43/EEC) on European species and habitats of priority importance for conservation, they represent a useful tool to protect marine biodiversity and to implement sustainable practises of coastal zone management (Browman et al, 2004;Halpern et al, 2010;Rassweiler et al, 2012). Several studies demonstrate the effectiveness of MPAs for the conservation of marine biodiversity (Appolloni et al, 2017Ferrigno et al, 2017Ferrigno et al, , 2018, the increase of ecosystem services and the production of ecological and economic benefits that are exported in the surrounding coastal areas (i.e., Guidetti et al, 2008;Fenberg et al, 2012;Franzese et al, 2008;2015;Picone et al, 2017). In this framework, it is very important to assess how the assemblages of those systematic groups, as molluscs, with high levels of biodiversity are structured.…”

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Assessing molluscs functional diversity within different coastal habitats of marine protected areas

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Sandulli

Appolloni

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Molluscs assemblages inhabiting subtidal habitats (sandy bottoms, photophilic and sciaphilic hard bottoms, Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds) represent a valuable part of coastal biodiversity and were studied in four Italian Marine Protected Areas. Quantitative samplings were carried out in late spring -summer of 2015. A total of 776 individuals were identified, belonging to the classes of Polyplacophora (5 species, 24 individuals), Gastropoda (62 sp., 240 ind.), Bivalvia (51 sp., 488 ind.), and Scaphopoda (3 sp., 24 ind.). Multivariate analyses revealed significant inter-habitat differences in the composition of mollusc assemblages, especially between soft bottom and all the other habitats. In all MPAs, the highest species richness and feeding guilds occurred in the photophilic hard bottom, where, in contrast, a lower number of individuals was found. On the contrary, in the soft bottom the highest number of individuals and the lower species richness and feeding guilds were found. Although the results pointed out some intrahabitat differences among MPAs, the molluscan assemblages showed a valuable degree of taxonomic and trophic similarity, especially in vegetated habitats. These results are of primary importance for ecosystem functioning and management as the considered habitats are the most relevant of the coastal zones.

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Coralligenous Bioconstructions Quality Index (CBQI): a synthetic indicator to assess the status of different types of coralligenous habitats

Cited by 47 publications

References 39 publications

STAR: An integrated and standardized procedure to evaluate the ecological status of coralligenous reefs

STAR: An integrated and standardized procedure to evaluate the ecological status of coralligenous reefs

Physiological response of the coralline alga Corallina officinalis L. to both predicted long-term increases in temperature and short-term heatwave events

Assessing molluscs functional diversity within different coastal habitats of marine protected areas

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